zinnora GLOBAL ECOMMERCE SYSTEM - CPANEL ROOT DOMAIN DEPLOYMENT GUIDE

This single-vendor Agri-Food eCommerce and vertical Shoppable Reels package is fully optimized for budget-friendly deployment at the root of your main domain "zinnora.com" on standard cPanel Hosting nodes.

STEP-BY-STEP CPANEL SETUP FOR MAIN DOMAIN (zinnora.com):
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1. DATABASE CREATION & IMPORT:
   - Log into your cPanel dashboard.
   - Go to "MySQL Database Wizard".
   - Create a new database named "zinnora_db".
   - Register a database privileged user "zinnora_admin" with a password.
   - Link the user to the database and enable "ALL PRIVILEGES".
   - Open cPanel "phpMyAdmin" from the main menu.
   - Select your "zinnora_db" database in the left sidebar.
   - Click the "Import" tab at the top.
   - Upload the downloadable "schema.sql" file provided in this repository and click "Go" to forge all tables.

2. PRE-BUILD THE APPLICATION (IMPORTANT FOR PERFORMANCE):
   - When downloading the code from AI Studio, download the full build containing the compiled "dist" folder.
   - The React assets compile down to "dist/index.html" and static files.
   - The Express backend compiles down to "dist/server.cjs" which is a single, bundled, super fast file!
   - This means you DO NOT need to compile TypeScript or run Vite server-side on your hosting!

3. UPLODING ZIP FILE TO CPANEL FILE MANAGER:
   - Compress the files into a single zip file.
   - CRITICAL CLOUD-LINUX RULE: DO NOT include any local "node_modules" folder/file or "dist/node_modules" in your uploaded zip. CloudLinux Node.js Selector requires that "node_modules" DOES NOT exist in the application folder on startup; it maps it dynamically via a virtual symbolic link symlink environment.
   - Go to cPanel File Manager and upload your zip file directly to your application root directory (e.g., /home/username/zinnora-app).
   - Extract the zip file there.

4. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION IN CPANEL:
   - Search for the "Setup Node.js App" tool in cPanel.
   - Click "Create Application".
   - Set the following fields:
     * Node.js Version: Select Node 18.x or 20.x
     * Application Mode: "production"
     * Application Root: "zinnora-app" (the directory name where you uploaded the files)
     * Application URL: "zinnora.com" (choose your main root domain, leave the path field blank so it hosts at the top-level main domain!)
     * Application Startup File: "dist/server.cjs" (this is the single bundled server file created when building the app)
   - Click "Create".
   - The Node app is now generated. Under the "Detected configuration files" section, cPanel will see "package.json".
   - Click the "Run JS Install" / "NPM Install" button on the cPanel interface. This installs only the lightweight dependencies required for production automatically into the cPanel virtual environment directory.
   - Once installation completes, click "Restart Application".

Your food-powder eCommerce platform is now fully live and accessible at https://zinnora.com!

Support line: +91 92748 38389
Email: sales@zinnora.com